Loading ...Intel shows off Tukwila, first 2 billion transistor CPU
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Members of Intel’s Itanium team took to the stage yesterday at ISSCC to disclose fresh details of what is literally the biggest microprocessor ever made. Tukwila, as the new 65nm chip is called, is the first quad-core member of the Itanium Product Family (IPF) and the world’s first processor to break the 2 billion transistor mark.
Tukwila’s die size is 21.5×32.5mm2, and the first run of chips will reach speeds of up to 2GHz on 170W of power.
Intel will also release a 130W SKU that the company claims will double the performance of the dual-core Montvale (the 9100 series Itanium) on a mix of TPC-C, specintrate, and specfprate benchmarks.
Full Story Via ARS Technica
Filed under: Business and Finance, Desktops, Science
